Roth told Insider that the bill came straight from Gov. Ron DeSantis and said legislators "couldn't amend it."
"It was take it or leave it," Roth said. "So most people decided in the legislature that we are totally upset with the chaos coming across the southern border" and voted for it.
Roth said that after urging migrant families to stay in Florida, he still supports the bill.
"I don't want people coming to my communities that are not going to be able to get a job and are going to be putting pressure on housing and all kinds of other services when they're not going to be able to get a job," he told Insider. "So the bill has a good purpose, which is, 'Stay away from Florida.'"